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Servants with funerary equipment

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This scene from a Theban tomb chapel depicts sections of the furnishing of the tomb with its equipment. The servants in this fragment are carrying a chest with toilet implements consisting of a mirror and unguent containers, which are depicted above it. In addition, there is a light hunting chariot with lateral quivers. The two men have closely cropped hair and they are bare-chested.

Present location

PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM

Inventory number

5959

Dating

TUTHMOSIS IV/MENKHEPERURE (not after); 18TH DYNASTY; AMENHOTEP II/AMENOPHIS II/AAKHEPERURE (not before)

Archaeological Site

THEBES: WEST BANK

Category

WALL PAINTING

Material

NILE MUD; PLASTER

Technique

STUCCO; PAINTED ON STUCCO

Height

18.9 cm

Width

37.5 cm

Depth

5 cm

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